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TorahThoughts Many construction projects start with bold and splendid plans. … וַ ּי۬אמֶ ר מׁ۬שֶ ה…זֶה הַּדָבָראֲׁשֶר צִּוָה ה׳ When finished, many years later, there are vast cost overruns and so many changes that the project bears little resemblance to the .(ׁשְ מוֹת לה:ד) … has commanded ד׳ said…This is the word מ۬ ׁשֶ ה And and feel the architects’ original plans; one wonders: what happened? Did the כ״א אדר א׳ תשס״ה If you remember what happened on ? וַ ּיַ עַ ׂש become ְ ו עָ ׂשִ י תָ same inspiration, there is no need to read further. If you don’t, then please finish reading until the end. Every 7½ years there is a tremendous sense of excitement in Another grand celebration upon the ! סִ י ּו ם הַ ׁשַ ״ ס .the Jewish world ת ר ו מָ ְה. ת ר ו מָ ְה is only a repetition of ּפָרָ ת ׁשַ וַ ּיַ קְ הֵ ל It seems that the bulk of by Jews all over the ַ תלְ מ ו ד ּבַ בְ לִ י such as completion of the 2,711 folios in the , ּכֵ לִ י ם and its ׁשְמִ ּכָ ן speaks about the command to build the seem to repeat these world is coming! The huge gatherings attract thousands of new וַ ּיַ קְ הֵ ל of ּפְ ס ו קִ י ם etc. The 122 , ׁשֻ ְ ל חָ ן, מְ נ ו רָ ה, ז מִ ְ ּבֵ חַ the .daily ְ ג מָ רָ א of the דַ ף details. Why was this repetition necessary? There is a basic rule in the devotees to the rigorous regimen of learning a are formed, and the attendance during the first ׁשִ ע ו רִ י ם has great Many new ו רָ ֹה that every letter found in the ( ״רַ ׁשִ י ּבְ א רֵ ׁשִ י ת כ ד : מ ב see) ְ ּג מָ רָ א is ּסֶמַ ת כֶ ּבְ רָ כ ו ת meaning. Nothing is unnecessary or redundant. Some of the largest 9 weeks of the relatively easy and very interesting .which serve as the basis for dozens of chapters in impressive, indeed , ְ ּג מָ רָ א of the מַ ּסֶ ְכ ו ֹת attendance , מַ ּסֶ ת כֶ ׁשַ ּבָ ת reaches the more difficult דַ ף and Yet, when the ׁשְ אֵ ל וֹ ת hundreds of commentaries, and thousands of , ל ׁשֻ ְ ן חָ ע ר ָ וּ ְך the מְ תִ י ְב ָ ת א of ר۬ א ׁש י ְ ׁשִ י בָ ה , זַ צַ ״ ל If so, what do we begins to decline. As R' ! ו רָ ֹה are based on a few words found in the , ְת ׁש וּ ב וֹ ת came, rest came ׁשַ ּבָ ת – ָּב א ת ׁשַ ת ּבָ ָּב א ת מְ נ ו חָ ה ,would put it , תּוֹרָ ה וָדַ עַ ת ? וַ ּיַ קְ הֵ ל learn from much of the apparent repetition in progresses into intricate, complex מַ ּסֶ כֶ ת As the long .( ״רַ ׁשִ י ּבְ א רֵ ׁשִ י ת ב : ב) One can say there is a timeless lesson here that justifies these extra continues to shrink. Why? What ׁשִ ע ו רִ י ם topics, attendance at the , ת ר ו מָ ְה In . וַ ּיַ קְ הֵ ל and ת ר ו מָ ְה There is a basic difference between . ּפְ ס ו קִ י ם was ְ ו עָ ׂשִ י תָ The ? ׁשַ ״ ס you shall make, introduces the commands to build the became of the resolve by so many to finish , ְ ו עָ ׂשִ י תָ the word repeats ו רָ ֹה This is what the ? וַ ּיַ עַ ׂש and he made, describes the fact that notable, but what happened to the , וַ ּיַ עַ ׂש the word , וַ ּיַ קְ הֵ ל etc. In , ׁשְמִ ּכָ ן did come to fruition, exactly ׁשְמִ ּכָ ן The great plans to build a . וַ ּיַ קְ הֵ ל This is in . ּבִ גְ י דֵ ּכְ ה וּ נָ ה its utensils and the , ׁשְמִ ּכָ ן did, in fact, make the מ۬ ׁשֶ ה .מ۬ ׁשֶ ה had commanded הקב״ה as . וַ ּיַ עַ ׂש became a ְ ו עָ ׂשִ י תָ here: the planning became a reality, the חִ דּ ו ׁש the

שליט(״א Adapted from: The Pleasant Way (with kind permission from R' Sholom Smith

of Yahrtzeits our Gedolim Gedolim Glimpses once זַ צַ ״ ל R' Menachem Manis Mandel ,was born in Brownsville זַ צַ ״ ל R' Menachem Manis Mandel :wrote this anecdote about his brother כ״ב אדר ּבַ ר Mandel. After his ְ פ ר וּ מָ א לֵ אָ ה and ר׳ זְאֵ ב קְהָ ת מ۬ ׁשֶ ה NY, to 5766 - 5676 gave ע״ה As children … if my mother …“ 2006 - 1916 one of us two delicacies to share ַ ת ְ ל מִ י ד where he became a , יְׁשִ יבָ ה תּוֹרָ ה וְ דַ עַת he went to , מִ צְ וָ ה with the other, we would always offer ַ תלְמוּד תּוֹרָה At age 21, he taught at the . זַ צַ ״ ל Mendlowitz ר׳ ׁשְרַגָא פײַ װל of מֻ ְ ב הָ ק — the larger one to the other one ַ תלְמוּד תּוֹרָה encouraged him to open a ר׳ ׁשְרַגָא פײַ וול ,of Flatbush. A year later No, you take this one” … and if it did“ . זַ צַ ״ ל from R' Shlomo Heiman סְ מִ י כָ ה in Williamsburg. In 1942, he received not solve the problem, then the one טִעֶ ל י מַ ל ְ ּכָ ה he remarried, to ּפְ טִ י רָ ה Delman (after her צְ בִ יָ ה In 1943, he married holding the treats would hold them מְ נַ הֵ ל Ungarischer). That year, he began his glorious, historic 60 years as left an indelible both behind him and would say “Right מִ דּ וֹ ת His sterling character and beautiful .יְׁשִ יבָ ה ד׳ּברוּקְלִ ין in ”.are or left?” — and that would resolve it נּ חִ וּ ְך in הַ ׁשְ קָ פ וֹ ת His brilliant . ַ ת ְ ל מִ י ד וֹ ת and ַ ת ְ ל מִ י דִ י ם mark on thousands of .today מוֹסְ דוֹת הַחִ נּוְּך widely used by many

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was so impressed with ר׳ ּבָ רוְּך ּבעֶ ר R' Manis was taken aback. “Are It is told that Story adapted from Living the Parashah s learning ability that he remarked in’ ר ׳ רְ א וּ בֵ ן ?you serious? Spill out the milk (ArtScroll) ,Nevertheless ”.אוֹר ׂשָמֵחַ amazement, “He is a young it is said that he was even more impressed with . ר ׳ רְ א וּ בֵ ן that burned within יִ אַ רְ ת ׁשָ מַ יִ ם the fire of .ר۬ א ׁש י ְ ׁשִ י בָ ה as a ר ׳ רְ א וּ בֵ ן appointed ר׳ ּבָ רוְּך ּבעֶ ר and his ר ׳ רְ א וּ בֵ ן .s closest advisor’ר׳ ּבָ רוְּך ּבעֶ ר was ר ׳ רְ א וּ בֵ ן family miraculously escaped together with a small through the Far East. He eventually ַ ת ְ ל מִ י דִ י ם group of Sage Sayings arrived in America, where he immediately began his efforts. He was tremendously active in הַ ּצָ לָ ה tireless to מ וֹ סֵ ר ֶ נ ֶפ ׁש work during and was הַ ּצָ לָ ה ,was world try to save the remnant of Jewry located in , זַ צַ ״ ל ,Menachem Manis Mandel ’ .par excellence and known to be Siberia and Shanghai חַמְ נֵ ְך renowned as a in Brooklyn תּוֹרָ ה וָדַ עַ ת of ר۬ א ׁש י ְ ׁשִ י בָ ה matters. He was appointed ר וּ חְ נִ י וּ ת uncompromising when it came to in Monsey and had a tremendous ּבֵ ית מִדְ ָרׁש עֶלְ יוֹן R and When faced with a challenge, he would often be heard impact on the then-fledgling community of in America. Almost immediately after the ּבְ נֵ י תּ וֹ רָ ה אֲ ֻג ַ ד ת of מוֹ עֶ ת צֶ ּגְ ד וֹ לֵ י הַ תּ וֹ רָ ה Dead fish go with war, he was appointed to the — טוֹיטן פִ יׁש גײֵ ן מִ יט דעֶר ׁש טראָם“ ,remarking attended virtually every ר ׳ רְ א וּ בֵ ן .of America ִי ׂשְ רָ אֵ ל — (the flow (current fad and was also very involved in אֲ ֻג ת דַ י ִ ׂשְ רָ אֵ ל of אֲ סִ י פָ ה נ אָ ר ל עֶ ּב עֶ דִ י ק עֶ פִ י ׁש ק עֶ ן ׁש װִ י מ עֶ ן אַ נ ט ק עֶ ג עֶ ן תּ וֹ רָ ה and its mission to bring authentic תּוֹרָה וּמְ סוֹרָה ”!only live fish can swim against the current — דעֶר ׁשטראָם to Jewish children across the United States. He נּ חִ וּ ְך ׁשִ ע וּ רִ י ם His . מַ רְ ּבִ י צֵ י תּ וֹ רָ ה left behind a beautiful family of שליט״א Source: Heard from R’ Yaakov Mandel and are classics used חִ דּוּׁשֵ י ר׳ רְ אוּבֵ ן were recorded in .today ְי ׁשִ י ב וֹ ת in most with Living the Torah An Unforgettable Flight

really done all he could? He was young, but he had learned what one … הָ וְ יָ ה הַ ז ּמִ ְ ּבֵ חַ ק۬ ֶ ׁש קָדָׁשִ דים … (ׁשְ מוֹת מ:יא) The altar shall be Holy of Holies. is supposed to do during one’s last moments on this world. And so, Afterwards, he tried to . וִ ו ד וּ י softly, tearfully, quietly, he began reciting ז ּמִ ְ ּבֵ חַ is described as holy of holies, while the inner ז ּמִ ְ ּבֵ חַ The outer he knew by ְ תהִ לִ י ם remain calm and began saying those chapters of (40:10), which is the holier of the two, and was in the inner chambers, is heart. The words came forth from his heart as he prepared to meet ?holy. Why ,ק۬ ֶ דׁש described merely as his Creator. notes that this teaches us 2 important זַ צַ ״ ל R' An hour after the first announcement had been issued, the plane must be careful to be ּבֵ י ת הַ מִ דְ ָר ׁש who ‘lives’ in the ַ תלְ מִ יד חָ כָם lessons: a) A began its final descent. But it did not descend the way a plane even more holy when he is outside among ordinary people. He must normally does. Instead it descended the way a helicopter does. And that his behavior will naturally תּ וֹ רָ ה be influenced so strongly by his it touched the ground gently with just a slight bump. holy, in the ,ק۬ ֶ דׁש impress other people. b) One who is considered is considered to be holy of holies by outsiders, in The passengers sat up straight again and looked out the windows בְּנֵי ו רָ ֹה company of the sense that his behavior is scrutinized carefully. to convince themselves that they were indeed alive. Afterwards, when they saw the many emergency vehicles rushing toward the * plane, they realized that indeed a miracle had just taken place. In a The late hour worried R' Chaim Kahan, a bearded Orthodox Jew, brilliant move, the pilot had exhausted the fuel supply and the plane he would be had been able to float to the ground safely. Cries of relief filled the ׁשַ ּבָ ת but he had no choice. If he wanted to get home for forced to take the flight that arrived in Denver from San Francisco a cabin and cheers erupted from the thankful passengers. His friend, R' Yehudah Lefkovitz, would . ׁשַ ּבָ ת mere two hours before was in less than an hour, R' Chaim unfastened his ׁשַ ּבָ ת Realizing that pick him up at the airport; they hoped there would be no delays. seatbelt, opened the overhead compartment, removed his attaché The flight departed on time and R' Chaim’s worry about being case and rushed toward the exit door. Just as he reached the door, he ”?dissipated. The weather was pleasant and the pilot was stopped by the flight attendants. “, do you have a minute ׁשַ ּבָ ת delayed for announced that they would be arriving a few moments ahead of R' Chaim looked up at them, wondering what they could possibly schedule. want from him after the harrowing flight they had been through. “We But suddenly everything changed. With about a half-hour left to want you to know something. During the entire last hour of the flight the flight the captain announced: “Attention, ladies and gentleman. when we thought we were going to die, the passengers looked to us This is your captain speaking … I regret to inform you that the hydraulic for strength. And, Rabbi, we all looked to you!” system has failed … Remove all sharp objects from your pockets and R' Chaim recounted this story a few months later when he spoke at lean forward. Place your head between your legs and brace for a הקב״ה a dinner. He felt that the entire ordeal had happened because crash landing. Oh, and one more thing — please pray.” wants us to realize that the world is watching us and looking at how At first no one moved or spoke. Then suddenly everyone began we behave. We must not let them down. to cry softly. R' Chaim followed the instructions and began reflecting on his own life … What sort of a father/husband had he been? Had he

Adapted from: Touched By a Story (with kind permission from ArtScroll)

of Questions the week רש"י Chofetz ChaimMoment ספר ח״ח הלכות לשון הרע כלל ב׳ סעיף י״ג תּ וֹ רָ ה What message do we learn from the fact that the The ‘Yeshiva boys’ club’ had a meeting to discuss the options of their 1. on the , ׁשֵ בֶ ט דָ ן from the less distinguished , אָ הֳ ִ ל י אָ ב vacation. Eli mentioned to the group of five places חֲ נֻ ּכָ ה annual trip during the , ׁשֵ בֶ ט ְ י ה וּ דָ ה from the more distinguished , ּבְ צַ ְ ל אֵ ל that he had found an unusual business opportunity that should be same level as ? ׁשְּמִ ּכָ ן able to help him fund his trip. He explained that Mr. Rose, owner of an regarding building the electronics warehouse, was trying to clear out its contents. Eli showed recorded as having been built by י ּכְ לֵ הַ ּמִ ׁשְ ּכָ ן Why were the them the newspaper article that mentions he had cut a deal with Mr. 2.

? ּבְ צַ ְ ל אֵ ל .Rose giving Eli exclusive rights to sell off the merchandise

ן ּכָ ּמִ ׁשְ ל אֵ לְ צַ ּבְ ׂש וַּיַעַ ד״ה וַּיַעַ ׂש ּבְ צַ לְ אֵ ל – – ). ). 37:1

Can any of the group discuss Eli’s business opportunity with others? ( him by built being as recorded was it ,

ל אֵ ל ְ צַ ּבְ ַלְא devoted himself more than the other volunteers to build the the build to volunteers other the than more himself devoted  Since

*Stories adapted from Guard Your Tongue, A Daily Companion, A Lesson a Day and various real-life situations. 2.

א תָ לָ ת ְ י אַּפֵ ּבְ ֵּי . .

ם י אִ נָ תְ ָא showed that he does not mind if it is repeated to others. One still needs to keep the the keep to needs still One others. to repeated is it if mind not does he that showed of of ב אָ י ל ִ הֳ אָ ו ְ ד״ה – – ). ). 35:34 ( pauper. the of ahead

א תָ לָ תְ י ּפֵ ּבְ אֵַּי however, since Eli told it to the group group the to it told Eli since however, and did not request that it be kept secret, he he secret, kept be it that request not did and

۬ ק וּ ס ּפָ ב וֹ י אִ ל דָ נֵי פְ לִ וֹעַ ׁש ר נִּכַ א ל וְ

– The nobleman is not recognized recognized not is nobleman The , in says the As 1.

: Answer Normally, if one is told about a business deal, then it is forbidden to repeat it to others; others; to it repeat to forbidden is it then deal, business a about told is one if Normally,

are written in the plural form; the others are the מַ זָ ל וֹ ת is one of three months for which the אֲ דָ ר.fish , ָ דגִ י ם is אֲ דָ ר of מַ זָ ל The •• .scales ,מ۬ א זְ נַ יִ ם twins, and , ְ תא וּ מִ י ם of מַ זָ ל וֹ ת is doubled as well, even though it מַ זָ ל could be doubled (as it is this year), its ח۬ ֶ ׁש אֲדָ דר explains that since סֵפֶר הַ תּוֹדָעָ ה Halacha •• The could also be written in the singular. .in the context of the bigger picture. Use them as a starting point for further in-depth study הֲ לָ כ וֹ ת it is important to consider these , הֲ לָ כ וֹ ת Corner *Since we only discuss 1-3

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Rav Avrohom Yaakov Hakohen Pam served He was renowned for the great sensitivity as a Rebbi, and then the , he brought to his interactions with others, in Torah Vodaath in Brooklyn. and served as an outstanding role model for people of all ages.

One day, R’ Pam went to hang up his coat He immediately asked a bachur where to find in the closet for hanhalah members. When a broom in order to clean up the mess. he opened the closet door, a mug came tumbling out. Rebbi, please let me Thank you, but help. You should not I caused the mug to have to clean this up Oh, no -- it break, and I am happy to yourself! shattered! clean it up.

Rav Pam promptly went to a R’ Pam put the new mug in the closet with a note; local store and purchased another mug. 718 395 9794 Yishaya Suval

Even though the closet in yeshivah was for the use of hanhalah members, R’ Pam still felt responsible when he inadvertently broke the mug that a bachur had put there. He insisted on personally cleaning up the broken mug and purchasing another one. Illustrated by: Illustrated

studied in Kovna as a young boy. His family later ,זצ״ל R’ Avraham Yaakov HaKohen Pam was appointed to the faculty of ,זצ״ל EMIGRATED to America, where his father, R’ Meir where he became very close with the ,תּוֹרה ודעת At 13, he studied in .ישיבה ר׳ חיים ברלין After his .זצ״ל and R’ ,זצ״ל R’ Dovid Lebowitz ,ראשׁ ישיבה shmuess ערב שבת פרשה for 60 years and gave a unique תורה ודעת marriage, He taught in He was a .חנוּך עצמאי He served as president of .הדרכת החיים and למדותּ interweaving At .תורה ומסורה of America and אגודת ישראל of מועצת גדולי התורה longtime member of the one Agudah Convention, he founded Shuvu, an organization that provides a Torah- .ארץ ישראל true chinuch to thousands of Russian and Israeli children in כ”ח אב For any inquiries or comments please feel free to call 347-838-0869 5673-5761 1913-2001

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